USA Today released a new article (includes a gallery with a few new photos) on the Half Blood Prince film, including a bit of news concerning tonight's trailer (8:00pm CST release). It will in fact be the final trailer for the film, and will hit theaters on May 1 in front of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. Director David Yates had this to say:"Once you're hooked into these stories, it's really difficult to let go. The audience has grown up with these characters. I think that gives them a very special relationship. I can't think of any other movie franchise that has had that. They started out at 10 or 11, and now they're 18 and 19."
Yates was responding to the issue of whether or not the remaining three Potter films will still be a draw to audiences - especially since the series is now over and we already know who lives, who dies and who ends up with whom in the end. It should be no surprise that the film makers dismiss the very idea that Harry Potter might start losing its appeal, right? I mean, they have the most to lose if it does. I can say with the utmost confidence; however, that the loss of appeal will never be an issue when it comes to Harry Potter. It just won't. Period. There is serious truth to what Yates said in the quote above, that the audience has grown up with these characters and that we have a special relationship with the material. For most of us, we literally grew up with these characters; Harry Potter has consumed a large chunk of my reading habit for over a decade now - it's my standard bar for all fictional literature, actually. The films simply add a visual component to this admiration, and the notion that we wouldn't go to the movie theatres to check these movies out - especially the final three - is ludicrous. Simply rubbish.
I wave my fist and yell "curses" to those in the media who keep feeding this foolish chatter. Such toss pots!
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